Random Thoughts

[GaryV]

We were on a small-ship cruise along the Maine coast when the entertainer for the evening sang The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  We were doing something other than going to the program, so we were outside.  I asked one of the deck hands, "Are they allowed to sing that on a cruise?"

[US71]

^^ Don't forget Lake Superior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

Haha nope. I haven't heard that song in awhile. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 530 feet of Lake Superior water on November 10, 1975, never forget the 29 men that lost their lives that day.

It's often played on the radio close to the anniversary or used as background when the story is told..

[Scott5114]

What is Lake Inferior like compared to Lake Superior?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optima_Lake

[CNGL-Leudimin]

What is Lake Inferior like compared to Lake Superior?

Wouldn't Lake Ontario be "Lake Inferior"? I've always assumed that Lake Superior was so-named because it's the highest of the Great Lakes.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

What is Lake Inferior like compared to Lake Superior?

Wouldn't Lake Ontario be "Lake Inferior"? I've always assumed that Lake Superior was so-named because it's the highest of the Great Lakes.

Yes and no. The French called it that when they discovered it for that reason, but when the British later Anglicized the name from "Lac Superieur" to "Lake Superior" they were thinking about how much "superior" in size and majesty it was to all the other lakes they had encountered. Which would mean by the British explorer definition, nearly every lake on earth is "Lake Inferior".

The indigenous Anishinaabe name translates roughly to "Great Sea".

[kenarmy]

- Do twins have a double funeral if they die together?
- What if the Japanese flag is just a pie chart of how much of Japan is Japan...
- So how come humans want to make all these random birds go extinct, but don't get rid of flies  .
- People lie so much that we teach kids how to do it and disguise it as figurative language.
- I just can't figure out how people willingly eat watermelon or cantaloupe..
- Do eyelash mites die with humans?
- Why does cane's have such a limited menu? Bitch, diversify!
- You can't really wrap your head around something.
- When you close both eyes, they see black, but when you close one, it sees nothing.
- The scariest thing you could find on another planet is humans.
- Why does "wtf" translate to our brain, but not "lol"?

[JoePCool14]

- You can't really wrap your head around something.

You also can't put your finger on an idea.

[I-55]

- Why does cane's have such a limited menu? Bitch, diversify!

I go to Cane's for chicken fingers. If I want a salad, sandwich, or wings, I'll go to somewhere that specializes in those. Cane's has been very successful with their current menu so I see no need for them to change it.

[SSOWorld]

Why aren't there chicken fries at KFC?

oh wait...

[Flint1979]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Roadgeekteen]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

[Big John]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Old Tigers stadium?

[Roadgeekteen]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Old Tigers stadium?

Yikes that's an old, historical stadium.

[Flint1979]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Tiger Stadium

[Flint1979]

No love lost here though. Joe Louis Arena was a dump.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3259131,-83.0522085,3a,90y,152.06h,90.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sy27R_y8hpyCCq3qWuulaqw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dy27R_y8hpyCCq3qWuulaqw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D207.44542%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[Roadgeekteen]

No love lost here though. Joe Louis Arena was a dump.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3259131,-83.0522085,3a,90y,152.06h,90.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sy27R_y8hpyCCq3qWuulaqw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dy27R_y8hpyCCq3qWuulaqw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D207.44542%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Oh it was the Joe. The Red Wings have a shiny new arena now, it's all good.

[webny99]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Looks like an average Detroit city street to me... what do you mean?   

[GaryV]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Old Tigers stadium?

Yikes that's an old, historical stadium.

To quote Inspector Cleauseau, "Not anymore."

[Flint1979]

The worst Google Street View a resident of Michigan could possibly look at. Just destruction beyond believe.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.332841,-83.0677824,3a,18.7y,225.16h,91.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3mtAmMz5QFSXldXjALz0Jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Woah what is that? (Or what was that?)

Looks like an average Detroit city street to me... what do you mean?   

Michigan Central Station is almost as old as Tiger Stadium was and is just standing there acting like I have life.

[Flint1979]

As far as Tiger Stadium goes it was a great place to watch a baseball game. The closeness to the playing field was pretty much unmatched. The upper deck sat right on top of the lower deck meaning that fans in the upper deck had a close view of the field. I'd say the back row in the upper deck at Tiger Stadium was closer to the field than the first row in the upper deck at Comerica Park is.

The only problem really was the posts that stood in the way like at any old ballpark of it's day. The solution, buy box seats which at the end of Tiger Stadium's life were the orange seats. I liked the way the ballpark looked with the green seats though.

Even as someone who isn't a Tigers fan I had some fun at Tiger Stadium and loved going to games there. Going to games at Old Comiskey Park was quite fun too and at that point I could say that was my teams ballpark. Tiger Stadium though was a classic, the lumber yard (Brooks Lumber) across the street was the landing spot for balls hit over the right field roof there.

Even after Tiger Stadium closed it took them 10 years before they demolished it. I can still remember the massive light towers on the roof of the stadium coming around the curve on I-75 at the Gratiot exit where I-375 is at you could see the light towers up ahead on the left. A few years after the stadium closed for the Tigers I was driving around Detroit one night and noticed that the lights were on at Tiger Stadium. I went over there and just stared at the stadium like it was the last time I was ever going to see it. It was the last time I saw it all lit up though. What a ballpark though. It opened on the same day as Fenway Park in Boston and the news of the opening was pushed aside because of the sinking of the Titanic about five days prior. The Tigers were playing on that same site as far back as 1896 though.

[Flint1979]

Nothing beats traveling southbound on I-75 looking at a slew of northbound traffic on the Friday before Memorial Day.

[Flint1979]

I saw a huge fire on I-75 earlier. Huge cloud of black smoke in the air ahead and then I noticed that the fire was on the highway. I couldn't get a picture of it but it was a minivan and the whole vehicle was on fire. This was on the NB side and traffic was backed up on the SB side hindering emergency vehicles from getting to the fire. NB I-75 @ MM 121.

[kenarmy]

- "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" is just proof kids are taught so much useless information.
- X88B88 is the word "Voodoo" being reflected.
- The word Fat looks like someone took a bite out of Eat.
- If you're no longer covered by your parent's health insurance, your manufacturer's warranty is over.
- When Sweden is playing Denmark, it is SWE-DEN. The remaining letters, not used, are DEN-MARK.
- Lobsters are mermaids to scorpions.
- If you get a PhD, every meeting you go to is a Doctor's appointment.
- If Hillary Clinton won in 2016, it would've been the first time that two presidents have had sex with each other. Unless.....
- Before was was was, was was is.
- A moment of silence for the ants that report to the colony, but you already cleaned the mess up.
- If elevators weren't around, CEOs would have offices on the first floor as a sign of status.

[Roadgeekteen]

- If Hillary Clinton won in 2016, it would've been the first time that two presidents have had sex with each other. Unless.....

Unless what?

[Scott5114]

- If Hillary Clinton won in 2016, it would've been the first time that two presidents have had sex with each other. Unless.....

Unless what?

Unless two other Presidents did it and never told us about it. Try and keep up, okay?